The contracted heart

o the comfortable cafe where she'd arranged to satisfy Amy. Her eyes scanned the war

wing from her seat to envelop Sofia in a heat hug.

moil she'd persevered. "You don't have any concept how a whole lot I needed this," she m

a plate of various pastries. Amy failed to waste a moment earlier than launching into today's happenings

ulled her out of her own head. This became precisely the kind of respite she desperatel

ghborhood shade. "What's were given you flying solo in Portland after all this time? Last

ent agreement function that had...Reached its expiration. She wasn't ready to divulge the greater sa

t would get Sofia established in her new domestic. The prospect of locating solid employment lit a smal

ared among them. For too long she'd been trapped in David's opulent but empty world, suffocating underneath the facade he'd

s. Sure, the path ahead became obscured by way of uncertainty and recuperation didn't arise in a single day.

ersonal truths in place of a reduced-size phantasm. It turned into each exhilarating and terr

surge of gratitude for Amy's timely reappearance in her lifestyle. Her pal had reignited a small flicker of ho

a headed again toward her humble resort motels. The next bankrupt